Enypia

Enypia
Packard's Girdle moth (Enypia packardata), Temagami, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Enypia
Hulst, 1896
Species

4 sp., see text

Enypia is a genus of moth, commonly called girdle moths, in the family Geometridae.

Description

Ennypia moths have light brownish-gray wings with variably dense dark speckling and prominent, black AM and PM lines. The PM line is angled diagonally from the inner margin toward the apex and has a highly irregular toothed and scalloped outline, meeting the costa in the apical area. It is also irregular and fainter than on the forewing, with the outer margin being slightly angular. The AM line is scalloped or zigzagged hindwing and slightly paler.

Species

References

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